Johnson v. State

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This criminal case presents two distinct questions, one relating to the trial court’s jury instructions and one relating to the sentence.

Cleo Johnson and Arnold McDonald were indicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on various charges growing out of an attack upon Dennis Dunlap. Specifically, Johnson and McDonald were charged with the following offenses: attempted murder; assault with intent to murder; assault with intent to maim, disfigure or disable; assault; and carrying a dangerous and deadly weapon with the intent to injure. Johnson and McDonald were tried…